While many private health plans are providing coverage for GARDASIL, levels of coverage can vary. Your coverage can even change over time. Because your doctor or healthcare professional has many patients with different health insurance benefits, he or she may not know your specific level of coverage for GARDASIL. Before you visit the doctor's office, you may want to call your health plan to find out more about your level of coverage.
By contacting your health plan directly, you can get the most accurate information about your plan's coverage for GARDASIL. Call the phone number on your medical benefit card to learn whether any co-pays, co-insurance, deductibles, or other limitations may apply.
The questions below are meant to start the conversation with your health plan—there may be other questions you should be asking based on your plan's benefits.
If there is an annual coverage maximum (such as on wellness or preventive services), we suggest you discuss this issue with your doctor or healthcare professional.
GARDASIL is the only cervical cancer vaccine that helps protect against 4 types of human papillomavirus (HPV): 2 types that cause 70% of cervical cancer cases, and 2 more types that cause 90% of genital warts cases. GARDASIL is for girls and young women ages 9 to 26.
Anyone who is allergic to the ingredients of GARDASIL should not receive the vaccine. GARDASIL is not for women who are pregnant. GARDASIL does not treat cervical cancer or genital warts.
GARDASIL may not fully protect everyone, and does not prevent all types of cervical cancer, so it’s important to continue routine cervical cancer screenings. GARDASIL will not protect against diseases caused by other HPV types or against diseases not caused by HPV.
The side effects include pain, swelling, itching, and redness at the injection site, fever, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, and fainting. GARDASIL is given as 3 injections over 6 months.
Only a doctor or healthcare professional can decide if GARDASIL is right for you or your daughter.
Read the Patient Product Information or the Prescribing Information for GARDASIL.
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This site is intended only for residents of the United States, its territories, and Puerto Rico.
GARDASIL is a registered trademark of Merck & Co., Inc.